Fragrant Sweet Peas 
Holmes’ Orchid-Flowered Spencer 
This list is recommended for garden cultivation by the National Sweet 
Pea Society. Inoculate Sweet Peas. Packet, 10c—treats up to 5 lbs. seed. 
2401 Avalanche. 
Pure glistening white flower. Well waved. 

2403 Charming. 2427 Reflection. 
Bright glowing rosy cerise. Large bloom of rich, clear blue. 
241] Fortune. 
Rich dark blue. 2409 Rubicund. 
2425 Pinkie. A beautiful true crimson-scarlet. 
Large rose-pink on long stems. 
2433 Powerscourt. 2429 Warrior. 
A pure lavender of large size. A rich velvety maroon. 
The above, each: Pkt., 10c; 0z., 40c; % 1b., $1.20 
Holmes’ Rainbow Spencer Sweet Peas 
2460 Mixed , Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; % 1b., 60c 
This is a variety having flowers of extraordinary size, usually measuring 
2 inches across, with wide-spreading wings. They are borne usually in 
fours, on long, strong stems, making them fine for cutting. They come 
in all the rich and varied shades imaginable, a truly royal rainbow shower 
of colors. They are of rapid and strong growth, and stand up well 
after cutting. You will not be disappointed in Holmes’ Rainbow 
Spencers. 
Cuthbertson’s Heat-Resistant Strain Sweet Peas 
244] Mixed Colors Phi. tneesoz., oc 
Very early, bred to endure high temperature. A variety of this strain 
continues to grow and produce flowers long after high summer heat has 
caused other strains to fail. We recommend this variety. 
Holmes’ Giant Ruffled Sweet Peas 
2465 Mixed Pkt., 15c; Y 0z., 30c; 02., 50c; % 1b., $1.50 
Most beautiful of all. This outstanding mixture contains all the named, 
marvelous Giant Ruffled varieties. Sure to make a glorious display and 
yield quantities of long-stemmed, extra large, prettily ruffled and frilled 
flowers for cutting. 
Holmes’ Early Flowering Spencer Sweet Peas 
When sown at the same time as Spencer Sweet Peas they will commence 
blooming 10 days to 2 weeks earlier. Sowing them in combination with 
Spencers you will have a longer flowering season. 
2483 Holmes’ Best Early Mixed Rite l5e30r o0c* 44 10., 61.00 
A complete blend of all colors. “Just a little bit better.” aciness 
SWEET SULTAN (See page 38) Spencer 
SWEET WIVELSFIELD (See Dianthus) Rua Sets 
Thunbergia - Black-Eyed Susan — 
2230 Mixed Pkt., 15c; % oz., 50c 
A lovely trailing vine with showy flowers of shades of orange, yellow 
and white. Suitable for hanging baskets, porch boxes; very effective, 
especially in rockeries. Low trailer. 
Verbenas - Giant Flowered 
A magnificent new strain of robust, compact habit and very free bloom- 
ing. The trusses are immense and the individual flowers exceptionally 
large. If seed is sown indoors in early March, they will start to bloom in 
June, and continue until checked by the frost. Height 18 inches. 
2250 Salmon-Pink Pkt., 15c 2247 Snowstorm Pkt... 15e 
A rich uniform shade. The largest and best pure white. 
2249 Giant Red iis aloe 
Intensely brilliant red. 
2253 Giant-Flowered Mixture Pkt. oloc-e ye: oz... 00 
The showy flowers are borne in large clusters and continue in succession 
through a long season, until frost. As a bedding plant they are of partic- 
ular value, while for cutting or table decoration they are not to be over- 
looked. Height 12 inches. 
Vinca Rosea - Periwinkle 
2265 Mixed PEGI SC 154; 02:,00€ 
Sow seed after the last frost in the open ground, and thin to 1 foot apart 
or sow inside and transplant after all danger of frost is over. 
Viola - Tufted Pansy 
These are excellent for rockeries. Flowers are not as large as the regular 
type of Pansy, bloom more profusely and withstand hot, dry weather. Can 
be treated as a hardy perennial. Height 8 inches. 
2275 Finest Mixed Pkt., 15c; % oz., $1.00 
2286 Chantreyland (Apricot) Pkt.; 25¢; Ye oz., $1.35 
THE HOLMES SEED COMPANY, CANTON, OHIO 
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Giant Verbena, Mixed 
